CHANGES MADE EXISTING WORD/EXCEL FILES SLOW TO OPEN

[vandewinkle]

-Upgraded server OS from MS 2000 to MS 2003
-Upgraded MS Exchange 2000 server to MS Exchange 2003 server
-Upgraded MS Outlook 2000 to MS Outlook 2003 on all workstations
-Use MS Office 2000 (Word/Excel/Powerpoint/Access) on all workstations

-Word/Excel/Powerpoint/Access all open okay (no delay problems).
-If existing word/excel files are opened will take anywhere from 2-4 minutes
to open.
-If I do a "Save As" on the file as a different filename, then when
it's re-opened I have the same delay problem.
-If I copy/paste to a new document and save, then when it's re-opened I
DO NOT have the same delay problem.

I have thousands of current word/excel documents, so I can't do the
"copy/paste and save" on each every one.

Any ideas ????

Thanks in advance for your time and consideration on my problem.

 

[vandewinkle]

ADDENDUM: Forgot to mention not all word/excel open slowly, only certain
ones but I haven't been able to ascertain the difference between them.

 

[vandewinkle]

ADDENDUM: Just did a binary compare and can see that the file that opens
slowly has been created from a template document.

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=830561 "Documents that
have attached templates take a long time to open in Word 2002 and
in Word 2003".

 

[Bob I]

Just a thought but take a look at Page setup in the slow ones, compared
to the "copy, pasted" ones.

 

[vandewinkle]

THANK YOU. Even tho I'm working with Word 2000 the macro worked A-OK. It
still has to wait the 2-4 minutes per .doc; but at least I can run a block of
..doc's at night until they are all done. Thanks again